This will be my first post on this forum,but certainly not the last
I'm from Serbia, and I'm very interested in classic football, I'm especially interested in the Balkan region, and I'll try to be as objective and constructive as possible in my suggestions.
As I said, even though I'm from Serbia, I think that more talented footballers come from Croatia, that's a fact, as shown by the recent results, so I think that the best 23 from Croatia should be carefully selected, and here, sorry, that's not the case.I will try to explain item by item which changes should be made, and I apologize in advance for the thoroughness because the team definitely needs to be updated.
- Luka Modrić, I don't know if I need to explain anything further , we all know who he is and what he is, in exchange for Asanović, he was not the best midfielder even in his generation
- Mario Mandžukić is not even in the reserves, that's ridiculous, the most important striker in recent Croatian football history, contributed to winning the vice-champion title in Russia, instead of Franjo Wölfl, he can be in Dinamo's best team, I don't think he has a place in the 23
- Dražan Jerković, one of the most prominent Croatian strikers, very important for the national team in 1962, and the best scorer then, the best striker in that part of Europe in 60s, instead of Matošić, I look at it in the context of time and importance, very important for Hajduk, but I am still not convinced that is better than Jerković
- Ivan Perišić, probably the best winger that Croatia had, also very important in winning the second and third place at the World Cup, instead of Jurica Jerković, sorry about this, but I didn't even hear about this guy until I came to this forum, do what you want, to me, Perišić is much more important for Croatian football
- Darijo Srna, the best right back of Croatia without question, held that side strong, both in the national team and in the clubs where he played, and because of the balance in the team he should definitely be in the 23, instead of Jazbinšek, really never heard of him , as far as I understood, he played for Croatian nazi Puppet state, then went to Canada, he can hardly take the place of one Srna
- Velimir Zajec, the legendary Zeko, how could he not be among the 23, one of the best defensive/DM in Balkans 80s, all-rounder, significant career, instead Ivan Buljan,in the same rank, only in my opinion Zeko is better and more significant
- Ivan Rakitić, another one of the most important footballers in the recent Croatian football history, a nice and smooth career, maybe next to Modrić the best midfielder, instead of Bilić, this guy is not considered among the best defenders even in his homeland, and there are too many defenders if you haven't noticed Bilić certainly not a place among the best 23, I was looking for the team to be as well balanced as possible

And that's it. I hope for constructive analyses, the only thing I'm not completely sure about Perišić...

And one more thing, I think that when we choose the best, we should look at both contexts and how much they really are the best and how important they were then for the national team and find a perfect balance between the two.
Example: Dejan "Rambo" Petković is probably the best midfield player that Serbia had, he played 9 games for the national team, almost all of them friendlies, he was simply not called to play for the national team, so he has no place among the best, even though he certainly is one of the best

"Croatian Yugoslavia" & one like "modern Croatia"? Personally I've expressed my opposition to these merged teams, as I don't find much relation between the eras, among other technical stuff.